I. Marković
Source : Slobodna Dalmacija

Stipe Bozic: The most successful Croatian Himalayan climber, second European, after Messner, to climb the highest peak in the world, Mount Everest, twice. In 1979 he climbed to the summit of Mount Everest via the, never climbed before, west ridge, and all the way with his camera. The South face of Lhotse was a remarkable Slovenian ascent in 1981, which Stipe has also seen through his lens. He has recorded almost all of his 11 Himalayan expeditions. He stood with camera in hand on top of Everest (twice), on K2, Kangchenjunga and Manaslu. He climbed SEVEN SUMMITS the highest peaks on all 7 continents. With an international expedition he reached the North Pole on the skis. During expeditions he always is filming. In his films he always attempts to introduce all beauties and wilderness of remote mountains. He attempts to tell the people how we must to preserve such value.
Everesthistory.com

April 19. In Sarajevo, Cinema IMPERIJAL. There was more than 500 citizenns from many places of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Promotion was organized by Croatian Cultural Asociation Napredak and Croatian Ambasy in Sarajevo.

SEVEN SUMMITS is one of the bestseler book in Croatia this month, acording to the TV show on HRT National Television. Now publisher thinking about Englisih and Slovenian isues.

May 15, 1979 dawned a beautiful day and it was the happiest day of my life.

It changed everything in my heart and I felt as if I was an ambassador for all my
friends and everyone else in the world who ever dreamed of summiting
Everest. Up there a man rarely wins and he can also die. I think climbers
are a little crazy to tackle something so challenging, but generally not so
crazy that they allow themselves to come to grief. God, oh how happy I am
to be alive!
Stipe B.

Stipe Božić
23.01.’04 Source : National Geographic
http://www.nationalgeographic.com.hr/default.asp?ru=103&gl=200401230000007&sid=&jezik=1

The Croatian National Geographic published an article about the rise of the hitherto unconquered Himalayan peak:
2003. was a special year for all climbers of the world – marked the 50th anniversary of the conquest of the highest mountain in the world. In honor of the anniversary Nepal removed the ban on climbing on some previously unconquered peaks of the sacred – Machermo, Phare and Lapcha Kjazo Ri. Our renowned climber and an excellent photographer Stipe Bozic led an expedition that is the first ever successful on virgin top Phari Lapacha. Stipes lens and pen followed the historic rise at the top of this holy mountain.
Source : NG

http://www.nationalgeographic.com.hr/default.asp?ru=103&gl=200401230000007&sid=&jezik=1